This figurative sculpture incorporates pale feathers to remind us of our symbiotic relationship with the natural world and the context of a church draws us to contemplate angels and their wings. White Hart possesses an ethereal glow which can be glimpsed through the richly carved 15th-century rood screen, and pulls the visitor towards the side chapel in which it rests.

Mae’r cerflun ffigurol hwn yn cynnwys plu golau i’n hatgoffa o’n perthynas gyd-symbiotig gyda’r byd naturiol a’r cyd-destun eglwysig yn ein tynnu i fyfyrio ar angylion a’u hadenydd. Mae White Hart yn meddu ar oleuad ethereal sydd yn cael ei gweld drwy sgrin rood cyfoethog o’r 15fed ganrif, ac yn tynnu’r ymwelydd tuag at yr oriel ochr lle mae’n gorffwys.

Lucy Glendinning studied fine art sculpture at University of the West of England Bristol, after which she worked for Elizabeth Frink in a bronze foundry. Learning how to make molds and castings with wax still influences her work to this day. Lucy’s point of departure is not an idiosyncratic impulse but a reflection, a thought fuelled by her interest in new philosophical questions, medical information or psychological studies. She says she does not start from an artistic compulsion, fantasy or pure imagination but develops a reflection – through research and exploration – in search of an experience to solicit the viewer/ spectator/ visitor/ art lover.

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Photos by Mud and Thunder

RESOURCE FOR MEDITATION

Keep me as the apple of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Thy wings
Psalm 17.8 KJV

For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psalm 91:11–12 KJV

 There are over 300 mentions of the word ‘angel’ in the Bible. Angels appear when least expected (notice the story of The Annunciation in the east window). Angels are believed to be divine messengers (notice the repeat pattern of angels bearing scrolls on the floor tiles). Angels are sent to carry out God’s work, and they can also carry us – physically in their hands or supporting us with encouragement and strength to overcome difficulties.

• Think of any times in your life when you have had a sense of being carried through difficulties.

• Imagine being enfolded in soft warm feathers – let go of your fears. Then bring to mind someone who is fearful and in need of protection.

• What message might you be given to carry. 

Written by Julia Porter Pryce for Art and Christianity